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acrasy

noun
/ˈækɹəsi/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).

  1. learned borrowing from ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ — “bad mixture”
  2. learned borrowing from acrasia — “lack of temperance”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control

    Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.

    • a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon Deſpair may have its original not onely from the acraſie and diſcompoſedneſs of the outward man[…]
    • There will be hesitancy in what is said, and irregularity in what is done, but it will be but the acrasy of youth or of genius,―the spirit and purpose of progress will be there, and we can cheerfully wait its time.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA